Heat fluxes through roofs and their relevance to estimates of urban heat storage

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 745-752

  Meyn, Stephanie K ^a   Oke, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Hysteresis; Roof heat fluxes; Urban heat storage

Indexed keywords

BULK STORAGES; HEAT BALANCES; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NET RADIATIONS; NORTH AMERICANS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; ROOF ASSEMBLIES; STORAGE CHARACTERISTICS; STORAGE HEAT FLUXES; TYPICAL URBAN; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT STORAGE; VANCOUVER , CANADA; WAVE RADIATIONS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; HYSTERESIS; ROOFS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 67349267726     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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